“Well, you think of Belfry High School, you think of Philip Haywood, the things he accomplished over the years, and the lives that he has touched- the students that he has mentored,” said Asst.

Friends, family, and people impacted by Haywood throughout the Commonwealth continue to remember his legacy in Kentucky.

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